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NYC Mayoral Race Heads to Election Day With Record Early Voting and Mamdani in Front

A court ruling that restricts municipal voting to U.S. citizens shapes who will cast ballots.

Overview

  • Early voting ended Sunday with about 735,000 ballots cast, including roughly 151,000 on the final day, quadrupling the 2021 pace according to election officials.
  • The latest PIX11/Emerson College/The Hill poll shows Zohran Mamdani at 50%, Andrew Cuomo at 25%, and Curtis Sliwa at 21%, with other recent surveys putting Mamdani’s lead near 10 points.
  • Cuomo has narrowed his deficit somewhat as older voters have turned out in greater numbers late in the early voting period.
  • Polls are open Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; registration is closed, and eligibility requires U.S. citizenship, at least 30 days of NYC residency, and being 18 by Election Day.
  • A New York Court of Appeals decision written by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson struck down the city’s 2021 noncitizen voting law, effectively excluding more than 800,000 legal residents from local ballots.